Signal



A. W. DICUS.

SIGNAL.

- APPLICATION FILED SEPT-3.1919- Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

SIGNAL;

To all euhom may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON W. DIoUs, a citizen of the United States of America, and

\ resident of Indianapolis, in the county of tion of travel of automobiles and the like.

An object of this invention is to utilize a single lamp support within the casing, the said casing being supplied with closures Khaving openings indicating direction of travel and the said signal or indicator being visible from the front or rear of a vehicle having the direction indicator attached to it.

A further object of this invention is to provide a signaling device, the indicating means or signal of which is large compared with the size of the lamp or signal casing,

' thus making it possible to exhibit signals which can be seen a comparatively long distance without unduly enlarging the apparatus as a whole.

A still further object of this invention is to produce a signaling device wherein the supports for the illuminating lamps have both directions supported at the same loca- .tion so that the wiring may be simplified and the device as a whole may be made neat in appearance,comparatively small and inexpensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth "and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings formingpart of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding' parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a View in elevation of e si nal and bracket;

Fig. 2 illustrates a section ,on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates a section on a line corresponding with the line 3 -3 'of Fig. 2;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 16 1920 Application filed September 3 1919. Serial No. 321 444. I

Fig. tillustrates a sectional View on the line 4=4 of Fig. 4:;

Fig. 5 illustrates a diagram of the. circuit partments being at opposite ends of the par-.

tition. In other words, the area of one com partment is larger at one end than the other. and the area of the other compartment is larger in the same way, but at the opposite end of the partition'll, this being for the purpose of enlarging the area at one end of each compartment through which the signal will be visible, and rendering it possible to exhibit si als of relatively large areas through w ich light will shine.

The ends of the casing are inclosed by plates 12 and 13, each of said plates-having openings 14 and 15 in the shape of pointers or arrows, the arrow heads of which are oppositely disposed. By this arrangement an increased area is provided at the side of each arrow head for the openings displaying the bodies of the arrows and'these increased are'as are opposite the increased areas of the compartments which contain the light or.

rings 18 enga ing threads 19 of the casing.

It is desira 1e that easyaccess be had to the interior of the casing for the pur ose of placing or removing the lamps 20,.w ich lamps are applied to suitable fixtures 21 carried by the partition and in order, to

'permit easy access to the interior, a shoulder 2l 'forms an abutment for the plate 12 and the ring nut 23 is employed for holding the lens and the. plate 13 against the said shoulder. The plate 12 has a lug 22 which enters a slot 22'v in the casing to prevent turning of said plate. g

The casing has a plate 24 attached to it bysolder orv the like and a stud 25 pro- UNITEDY STATES PArE- T"oF 1cE-."

jects from the plate producing an attachment for the arm 26 which arm has its opposite end pivoted on a member 27 such as a bolt, the said member 27 operating to vfrictionally hold the clamps 28 and 29 1n operative relation to the arm, so that the arm may be held at different positions of adjustment. The clamps 28 and 29 have jaws 30, and 31 respectively, which are attached to some stationary part of an automobile or the like and these jaws are under the influence of the bolt 32 which extends throughthe said clamps and by these means the signal is held preferably-at the side of a vehicle so as toibe visible from the front and rear in order to indicate the direction of intended travelof the said vehicle, the said signal being given by illuminating the compartment of the casing having the arrows which point in the direction of intended travel, the light being visible through the openings designating the arrows at the front and rear of the said casing.

By reason of the fact that the interior of the casing has the partition of curved formation, the lamp brackets or fixtures 21 may be anchored to the partition so that the lamps carried thereby will project into the larger areas of the compartments on the sides of the partition and the body portions of the arrows and the arrows themselves or their outlines may be relatively large compared with the area or size of the casing.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated wiring with a switch 33 having a conductor 34 leading to the source of electricity 35, and the said source of electricity has a conductor 36 leading to one of the lamps 20, whereas a conductor 37 branching from the conductor 36 leads to another lamp 20. One lamp has a conductor 38 leading to a terminal 39 and the other lamp has a conductor 40 leading to a terminal 41 and the switch 33 is intended to coact or operate in conjunction with a terminal 39 or 41 so that by' operating the switch, either lamp may be illuminated.

' In Fig. 6, I show a modified anchorage for the signal to be used in inclosed automobiles or when it is desired to attach the light to a wooden frame instead of having clamps to engage irons of an automobile or vehicle. In this construction, a bracket 42 has a base 43 adapted to be anchored by screws 44 and the said bracket hasa pivot 45 on which an arm 46 is pivoted, the said arm of course supporting the casing of the signal.

I claim 1. In a signal, a casing, a curved partition member disposed within the side walls of the casing and having its ends secured thereto, a cover for each end of the casing, each of said covers including plates having designating openings formed therein, a shoulder forming a part of each of the covers, said shoulder adapted to support a lens, and means for supporting the casing.

2. In a signal, a casing, a curved partition supported within the casing and having its ends secured to the inner walls thereof, said partition dividing the casing into compartments having enlarged portions and contracted portions, plates having indicating arrows, each of which includes a relatively large portion disposed over the enlarged portion of the compartments, means on the compartment for supporting lamps to direct the light rays thereof to the enlarged portions of the compartments, a cover for each end of the casing, and means for supporting the casing.

AARON W. DICUS. 

